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The QC, Vol. 85, No. 11 • November 19, 1998

1998_11_19_001

COLL
■ Heart and
Solt
Experimental
poet Mary Ellen
Solt explains her
work with
"concrete
poetry."
E G E
The Voice Of The Campus Since 191
OPINION TOPIC
Police and
Love?
Students discuss the level of trust
between the Whittier College
campus and Campus Safety.
SPORTS
■ Shoe Win
Poet football
secures the first
outright SCIAC
championship in 16
years—and holds
on to The Shoes.
CAMP
■ Poster Boy
We profile senior Sal
Plascencia, the anti-
establishmentarian
and activist behind
several recent political flyer campaigns.
Islas Wins COR Presidency, Braswell Wins V.R
■ ELECTIONS
by Carrissa Villalobos
QC Staff Writer
With 318 students voting, junior Rene Islas and Sophomore
Edith Braswell were elected Pres-
. ident and Vice President of the
"Council of Representatives
(COR), respectively.
"Running for President has
been an aspiration of mine since
late last semester," Islas said. "I
felt that it was my duty to the
student body, as an informed student, to take a strong leadership
role for my remaining time at
Whittier College."
Islas ran for president unopposed after a late applicatiorj submission—from junior Chuck
McLeod—was denied by the Election COR Committee.
McLeod then campaigned as
a write-in candidate with flyers all
over campus. McLeod stated he
had not decided to run for Presi-
lite-In Adds Twi:
EfclCTIiOW
a\\
TO 'to ■. ... .......
sentatives (COR) elections ol
Fall 199S voters needed to consider putting
''toTOTO
ii fir'TO'TO TO TOTO-to ITOTOvTO 0-'= to!. fTOTOS "
piece of purple paper.
The campaign ofthe runt)
up write-in €'•"'.'. *
dent until he found out Islas was
running unopposed. McLeod said
he was under the impression that
there were several candidates running for President and did not feel
the need to enter the race.
McLeod voiced concern over
any candidate running unopposed
and felt that was the maj or issue at
hand. He felt the deadline should
have been extended to ensure students a choice of candidates.
to-'tototo-toto, C.:toto -•,"■.' TO.TO:i totototo,
gan Thursday evening, Nov. 12,
by which point the other candi-
,."-• •-,, .- toto: ■'to toto'J to-.to to to..:.
siaered ru
before ihe s
TOto!
due date of \ ..;-■ Mov.
! ?k ait !- i ■• -, • '
McLeod intends to pursue oth^;
er student government opportunities, such as Secretary or a Mem-
ber-at-Large position.
There were three candidates
for Vice President. Along with
Braswell was junior Nancy Laslo
and sophomore Josef Cross.
Braswell was elated when given the news of her election to
COR. "I am so humbled that the ;
student body believes in me," she
m.
-si*"'
i
1
■MK..
- * tto ..
-1 %%%££
t.^*
m I •
i-S^m
KI|TO,;to
xiWKz
TOto
Rene Islas.
said. Her platform advocated pre-
sentingthestudents' views toCOR
and school administration.
Braswell said, "I am extremely honored to have this position
and I will be concentrating on not
going back on my word and being
an advocate for students."
Braswell feels she represents
the underdog majority ofthe students on campus. She also stated
that she hopes to be a tool for
students to vocalize their feelings
and ideas. Braswell also stated
Edith Braswell.
that she sees herself as an extension ofthe students to the school
and administration.
One of Braswell's first concerns is to directly address the
way that the position of Treasurer
is appointed by the President. She
believes that because the Treasurer is an appointed position, the
choice might not necessarily reflect the voice ofthe student body.
See ELECTIONS, page 6
1
Rock On! (Again)
KWTR is Back on the Air
Students Question Unwritten Policies
Sophomore Darren Marks hosts his radio slot for KWTR 530AM,
(Whittier College's radio station that is back on the air in a "soft
launch" as of Monday, Nov. 15—meaning the station is technically on the air, but as a test run. The station returned to the
airwaves last May after years of dormancy; however, soon
i the station.wMX^,fl».air due to t
■ POLICY
by Chris Ziegler
QC Editor-in-Chief
In response to a student request to release all Whittier College administrative guidelines and
policies, Dean of Students Susan
Allen reported that no such comprehensive written record of all
College policy exists—but emphasized that she is "committed to
facilitating access to any information. .. students wish to obtain" in
a letter to the concerned students
on Friday, Nov. 13.
"I'm 100% interested in being
200% open," she said. "There are
no secrets."
But several students who are
part of a committee formed to
examine and possibly suggest revisions to current College policy
are disturbed by the lack of a central, definite code.
"It's really disconcerting that
there's tons and tons of policies
for student behavior [in the handbook] but the administration has
nothing on record in terms of their
own policy," senior and member
of the group of concerned students Mike McKennedy said.
McKennedy and seven other
students sent a letter requesting
copies of all College policy information on Thursday, Nov. 12, after face-to-face discussions between Allen, senior Daniel Ybarra and senior Laura Benavides in
previous weeks, as part of an effort outlined in the letter to facilitate a "safe and accessible environment at Whittier College."
"We need to find out what it is
we're trying to improve with the
school,"Benavides said. "[Whether it's] current policy or a policy
that needs to be developed."
Allen said that while some
school policies, such as those outlined in Campus Safety, Human
Resources and Faculty manuals,
are documented, they are scattered between various departments. Otherpolicies are not written down at all.
Such a lack of documentation
is not atypical among small liberal arts schools, Allen said, partial-.
ly because staff members don't
have the time or resources to strictly follow bureaucratic procedure.
"It's the way it's done," she
said. "At state insitutions, everything is documented, but we don't
have a similar structure."
Decisions are made based on
consultation with colleagues, committee consensus and compliance
with state and federal law, Allen
said.
"Basically, Susan Allen just
wings it," McKennedy said. "I
think the administration should
devise some sort of procedural
outline."
Allen said she was amenable
to revising the way policy is recorded and was ready to work
with concerned students.
"If students want things in
writing, we can certainly work on
it," she said, "but I'd rather help
students directly instead of sitting
around as a bureaucrat."
The student committee, which
was formed after last month's incidences of harassment, will be
meeting Wednesday, Nov. 24 to
discuss further action.
ISSUE 11 • VOLUME 85

COLL
■ Heart and
Solt
Experimental
poet Mary Ellen
Solt explains her
work with
"concrete
poetry."
E G E
The Voice Of The Campus Since 191
OPINION TOPIC
Police and
Love?
Students discuss the level of trust
between the Whittier College
campus and Campus Safety.
SPORTS
■ Shoe Win
Poet football
secures the first
outright SCIAC
championship in 16
years—and holds
on to The Shoes.
CAMP
■ Poster Boy
We profile senior Sal
Plascencia, the anti-
establishmentarian
and activist behind
several recent political flyer campaigns.
Islas Wins COR Presidency, Braswell Wins V.R
■ ELECTIONS
by Carrissa Villalobos
QC Staff Writer
With 318 students voting, junior Rene Islas and Sophomore
Edith Braswell were elected Pres-
. ident and Vice President of the
"Council of Representatives
(COR), respectively.
"Running for President has
been an aspiration of mine since
late last semester," Islas said. "I
felt that it was my duty to the
student body, as an informed student, to take a strong leadership
role for my remaining time at
Whittier College."
Islas ran for president unopposed after a late applicatiorj submission—from junior Chuck
McLeod—was denied by the Election COR Committee.
McLeod then campaigned as
a write-in candidate with flyers all
over campus. McLeod stated he
had not decided to run for Presi-
lite-In Adds Twi:
EfclCTIiOW
a\\
TO 'to ■. ... .......
sentatives (COR) elections ol
Fall 199S voters needed to consider putting
''toTOTO
ii fir'TO'TO TO TOTO-to ITOTOvTO 0-'= to!. fTOTOS "
piece of purple paper.
The campaign ofthe runt)
up write-in €'•"'.'. *
dent until he found out Islas was
running unopposed. McLeod said
he was under the impression that
there were several candidates running for President and did not feel
the need to enter the race.
McLeod voiced concern over
any candidate running unopposed
and felt that was the maj or issue at
hand. He felt the deadline should
have been extended to ensure students a choice of candidates.
to-'tototo-toto, C.:toto -•,"■.' TO.TO:i totototo,
gan Thursday evening, Nov. 12,
by which point the other candi-
,."-• •-,, .- toto: ■'to toto'J to-.to to to..:.
siaered ru
before ihe s
TOto!
due date of \ ..;-■ Mov.
! ?k ait !- i ■• -, • '
McLeod intends to pursue oth^;
er student government opportunities, such as Secretary or a Mem-
ber-at-Large position.
There were three candidates
for Vice President. Along with
Braswell was junior Nancy Laslo
and sophomore Josef Cross.
Braswell was elated when given the news of her election to
COR. "I am so humbled that the ;
student body believes in me," she
m.
-si*"'
i
1
■MK..
- * tto ..
-1 %%%££
t.^*
m I •
i-S^m
KI|TO,;to
xiWKz
TOto
Rene Islas.
said. Her platform advocated pre-
sentingthestudents' views toCOR
and school administration.
Braswell said, "I am extremely honored to have this position
and I will be concentrating on not
going back on my word and being
an advocate for students."
Braswell feels she represents
the underdog majority ofthe students on campus. She also stated
that she hopes to be a tool for
students to vocalize their feelings
and ideas. Braswell also stated
Edith Braswell.
that she sees herself as an extension ofthe students to the school
and administration.
One of Braswell's first concerns is to directly address the
way that the position of Treasurer
is appointed by the President. She
believes that because the Treasurer is an appointed position, the
choice might not necessarily reflect the voice ofthe student body.
See ELECTIONS, page 6
1
Rock On! (Again)
KWTR is Back on the Air
Students Question Unwritten Policies
Sophomore Darren Marks hosts his radio slot for KWTR 530AM,
(Whittier College's radio station that is back on the air in a "soft
launch" as of Monday, Nov. 15—meaning the station is technically on the air, but as a test run. The station returned to the
airwaves last May after years of dormancy; however, soon
i the station.wMX^,fl».air due to t
■ POLICY
by Chris Ziegler
QC Editor-in-Chief
In response to a student request to release all Whittier College administrative guidelines and
policies, Dean of Students Susan
Allen reported that no such comprehensive written record of all
College policy exists—but emphasized that she is "committed to
facilitating access to any information. .. students wish to obtain" in
a letter to the concerned students
on Friday, Nov. 13.
"I'm 100% interested in being
200% open," she said. "There are
no secrets."
But several students who are
part of a committee formed to
examine and possibly suggest revisions to current College policy
are disturbed by the lack of a central, definite code.
"It's really disconcerting that
there's tons and tons of policies
for student behavior [in the handbook] but the administration has
nothing on record in terms of their
own policy," senior and member
of the group of concerned students Mike McKennedy said.
McKennedy and seven other
students sent a letter requesting
copies of all College policy information on Thursday, Nov. 12, after face-to-face discussions between Allen, senior Daniel Ybarra and senior Laura Benavides in
previous weeks, as part of an effort outlined in the letter to facilitate a "safe and accessible environment at Whittier College."
"We need to find out what it is
we're trying to improve with the
school,"Benavides said. "[Whether it's] current policy or a policy
that needs to be developed."
Allen said that while some
school policies, such as those outlined in Campus Safety, Human
Resources and Faculty manuals,
are documented, they are scattered between various departments. Otherpolicies are not written down at all.
Such a lack of documentation
is not atypical among small liberal arts schools, Allen said, partial-.
ly because staff members don't
have the time or resources to strictly follow bureaucratic procedure.
"It's the way it's done," she
said. "At state insitutions, everything is documented, but we don't
have a similar structure."
Decisions are made based on
consultation with colleagues, committee consensus and compliance
with state and federal law, Allen
said.
"Basically, Susan Allen just
wings it," McKennedy said. "I
think the administration should
devise some sort of procedural
outline."
Allen said she was amenable
to revising the way policy is recorded and was ready to work
with concerned students.
"If students want things in
writing, we can certainly work on
it," she said, "but I'd rather help
students directly instead of sitting
around as a bureaucrat."
The student committee, which
was formed after last month's incidences of harassment, will be
meeting Wednesday, Nov. 24 to
discuss further action.
ISSUE 11 • VOLUME 85